The Update BureauKB5074975: Cumulative update for Windows 10, version 1809, December 2025. Message Queuing disruption fixed for managed environments
In short
The update fixes Message Queuing problems that followed the December 9, 2025 updates, an issue that primarily affected enterprise and managed IT environments.
Does it affect you? Applies to: Devices running Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019, version 1809.
Microsoft publishes separate notes for this KB for Windows Server.
What changes
Fix 1 change
Message queuing (MSMQ) (known issue)
- Message Queuing problems following the December 9, 2025 updates are fixed. The issue primarily affected enterprise and managed IT environments.1
Improvement 1 change
Servicing stack
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The component that installs Windows updates receives quality improvements.2
The update includes servicing stack update KB5070248, version 17763.8020.
Technical details
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Data sheet
- Released
- 2025-12-18
- Classification
- Updates
- Type
- Cumulative update
- Restart
- Required
- Replaces
- KB5071544, KB5068791, KB5066586, KB5065428
- Replaced by
- KB5073723
| Version | Build | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| 1809 | 17763.8148 | General availability |
Security
No vulnerabilities are listed for this update.
Downloads (Microsoft Update Catalog)
x64
1809
710.5 MB
x86
1809
382.5 MB
Updated components
416 files changed since the previous update for the same versions.
| Top changed components | Files |
|---|---|
| Audio | 10 |
| Hyper-V and virtualization | 4 |
| Kernel | 2 |
| Networking | 2 |
| Secure Boot | 2 |
| Graphics and display | 1 |
| Security and sign-in | 1 |
| Storage and file systems | 1 |
Sources
Updated
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (2)
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1.
Fixed: After installing the Windows updates released on December 9, 2025, users experienced issues with the Message Queuing (MSMQ) functionality.
support.microsoft.com -
2.
This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates.
support.microsoft.com
Checked automatically: 8 of 8 checks passed, 2 quoted passages · compared with Microsoft's page on Oct 21, 2026
- Quotes found in the official pages: passed
- Numbers found in the sources: passed
- Vulnerabilities from the dossier only: passed
- Links to allowed domains only: passed
- Every official change covered: passed
- Readable plain text: passed
- Changes confirmed by the file list: passed
- Sources agree: passed
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